Oz: Where Are They Now?
Published November 2, 2007 @ 13:52 in Television
For years, Friday nights at my house meant Oz. I'm not talking about the Wizard of Oz with Dorothy and the gang, I'm talking about the HBO series that aired from 1997 until 2003. I loved that show, and every time I'm reminded of it, I get bummed that it's no longer airing.
I'm constantly reminded of Oz because so many of the actors I knew from Emerald City appear in shows today. The Law & Order series are littered with them, I see a couple on Dexter and Lost and Dean Winters seems to show up here and there.
Here's a little "where are they now" list I've put together for those actors we loved in Oz. Ryan O'Reily, by the way, is my third favourite television character of all time. Here are my five favourite characters from Oz. Now on to the list...
- Harold Perrineau (Augustus Hill) - Lost
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Simon Adebisi) - Lost
- Dean Winters (Ryan O'Reily) - Rescue Me, 30 Rock
- Lauren Velez (Dr. Gloria Nathan) - Dexter
- Christopher Meloni (Chris Keller) - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- J.K. Simmons (Vernon 'Vern' Schillinger) - The Closer
- Kathryn Erbe (Shirley Bellinger) - Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- David Zayas (Enrique Morales) - Dexter
- Lee Tergesen (Tobias 'Toby' Beecher) - Desperate Housewives
- Scott William Winters (Cyril O'Reily) - Dexter, 24
- Ernie Hudson (Warden Leo Glynn) - Desperate Housewives
- Eamonn Walker (Kareem Said) - ER, Justice
- Otto Sanchez (Carmen 'Chico' Guerra) - Kidnapped
- Kirk Acevedo (Miguel Alvarez) - Law & Order: Trial By Jury, The Black Donnellys
- muMs da Schemer (Arnold 'Poet' Jackson) - Boston Legal
- J.D. Williams (Kenny Wangler) - The Wire
- B.D. Wong (Father Ray Mukada) - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Luke Perry (Reverend Jeremiah Cloutier) - John From Cincinnati
- Tom Mardirosian (Agamemnon 'The Mole' Busmalis) - Law & Order
- Rita Moreno (Sister Peter Marie Reimondo) - Cane
- Zeljko Ivanek (Governor James Devlin) - Law & Order
- Robert Clohessy (Officer Sean Murphy) - Kidnapped
- Edie Falco (Officer Diane Whittlesey) - The Sopranos
- Seth Gilliam (Clayton Hughes) - The Wire
- Luis Guzman (Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez) - John From Cincinnati
That took longer than I thought it would. Phew.
Andrew
November 2, 2007 / 14:08
Oz was a great show. I was glad to see so many of the actors show up elsewhere.
The best HBO show (best show period)is "The Wire" by far. But I just wanted to plug it.